Mark Mitten
~ Author, Member of Western Writers of America
// PRESS //
**EXCERPT PUBLISHED**
An excerpt from Breck's Quandary was published in the May/June 2019 issue of Sheriff & Deputy magazine. This is the official publication of the National Sheriffs' Association, and reaches 60,000 readers. What a great honor. Thank you, NSA and Sheriff & Deputy!
Read it online now, by clicking on the magazine cover.
Review of Hard To Quit
November 2018
"Fast-paced and at times gripping, this book was difficult to put down."
-Historical Novel Society
**Award Nomination**
2018 Peacemaker Awards
Hard To Quit was selected as a finalist in the Best Western Novel category for the Peacemaker Awards.
Review of Hard To Quit
June 2018
"Gripping material indeed."
-Western Fiction Review
Interview in the New Ulm Journal
March 2018
Author Presentation in New Ulm
March 2018
Interview in the Herald Journal
November 2017
Press Release from Sunbury Press
September 2017
Roundup Magazine
December 2014
Roundup Magazine calls Sipping Whiskey:
"Lyrical, fresh and an impressive debut."
The Summit Daily
February 2014
Certain to be a favorite of equestrians, modern ranchers and history buffs, “Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave” is a reminder of the divergent yet interconnected histories and topographies of Colorado.
Top Ten List - New Frontier Fiction of 2013
December, 2013
The western literature review blog "Buddies in the Saddle" places
Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave on the 2013 list.
Book Review
December, 2013
This is a heckuva western novel that more than lives up to its unusual title. Mitten knows the conventions of the genre and then turns them inside out to create a sprawling narrative that ranges all over the state of Colorado. The cast of characters includes working cowboys, the worthy citizens of several Rocky Mountain settlements, and the members of an outlaw gang....
Book Review
May 30, 2013
The Western Fictioneers reviewed Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave:
As the brutal winter of 1887 descends upon Colorado’s high country, cowhands, miners, townsfolk, lawmen, and even outlaws go about their daily routine, never suspecting their disparate lives are about to intersect in a freakish, though inevitable, series of events that will change them all forever...Sipping Whiskey in a Shallow Grave, nominated for the 2013 Best Western First Novel Peacemaker Award...is a story of perseverance and survival; of redemption and damnation.